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Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015026
MRDS ID DB00022
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names C - Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80738, 38.4072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position UPPER HATHROP CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselman Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 019E 35 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .026 %
Result V2O5 = .015 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Mossback Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Mossback Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80738, 38.4072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeastern Flank Lockhart Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 54 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channel, Scours

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Interriver District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADIT, 1 DOGHOLE, EXPLORING SCOURS IN PALEOCHANNEL OF MOSSBACK CUT INTO MOENKOPI - MINED BY RANDOM ROOM AND PILLAR, RIM UNDER CUT.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY AIRBORNE PROSPECTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ( SPL H48 ) 1 FT. CHIP UNDERHAND STOPEING 50 FT IN FROM PORTAL N RIB

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCOUR FILLED WITH CONGLOMERTIC SANDSTONE WITH ABUNDANT CARBONIZED ORGANIC MATERIAL CUT INTO UNDERLYING MOEUKOPI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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